Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Pirates to invade Southport

The North Carolina Maritime Museum will present “The Pirates Have Landed!” at Franklin Square Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Activities include:

Pirate portrait painter Nan Snyder

Members of the Lumberton Senior Oil Painting and Pottery Classes

Franklin Square Art Gallery displays

Book-signing and storytelling with author and re-enactor Timothy Dillinger

Brunswick County Master Gardeners native plant clinic

Face-painting and temporary tattoos

Children can take part in games and a pirate parade.

The event is one of a series of special events on second Saturdays on each month this summer. The museum will hold its final second Saturdays event on Aug. 14:“Did you hear about Fort Johnston?”

Free second Saturday programs are offered this summer by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources at all of its 37 historic sites and museums.

Partners include Our State magazine, the N.C. Division of Tourism, N.C. Cooperative Extension, and the Tourism Extension Program in N.C. State University's Parks Recreation and Tourism Management; with grant support from the Golden LEAF Foundation.

The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For information, visit www.ncmaritimemuseum.org or call 910-457-0003.

Ken KeeganReal Estate Broker(910) 523-0903 mobileEmail Mewww.KenKeegan.com

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